Workers Party Proposes to Guarantee Two Days of Rest
Workers Party Deputies today proposed reforming Article 123 of the Constitution to guarantee two days of rest for every five days of work. The President’s 40 hour workweek proposal, which was recently approved in the Senate to be gradually implemented by 2030, made no allowances for a five day workweek, despite it being common to every previous legislative proposal and a long-standing demand of trade unions, leading to substantial criticism. The proposal was put forwarded by the PT’s Parliamentary Group deputies.
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Sheinbaum Doubles the Education Goal: Announces 400,000 New Public High School Places
Only months after setting a 200,000 target in April, Sheinbaum doubled it from a newly inaugurated campus in Texcoco.
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Ríos Farjat, With a Lifetime Pension, Joins Firm That Has Litigated Against Mexico
She left the Supreme Court rather than stand for election under the reform that swept out Mexico’s old judiciary; six months later, Ríos Farjat is a partner at Holland & Knight, a US firm that has litigated against the Mexican State.
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Use of ‘Fracking’ to Obtain Gas Is Still Being Investigated; Energy Sovereignty Is Being Sought, Sheinbaum Says
Sheinbaum casts unconventional gas as national security, but says no decision has been made yet. Texas already supplies 60 percent of Mexico’s gas through fracking.
